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| Keywords: Italian - Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius - Walters 54663.jpg This is a reduction of the monumental statue on the Capitoline Hill Rome dedicated in AD 176- the only equestrian statue from antiquity to have survived It escaped being melted down for cannon because it was thought to represent Constantine the first Christian emperor In the early 1500s the rider was correctly re-identified as the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned 161-180 particularly respected by humanists for his philosophical writings on ethics Although the first reduction of this important public statue was made in 1465 for the study of the Florentine patron and collector Piero de' Medici this one can be dated to after 1564 when the marble base reproduced here designed by Michelangelo was put in place ca 1565 1585 Renaissance gilt on bronze marble base garnet H cm 34 5 ; H with base cm 53 3 accession number 54 663 20970 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Reduction of the Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius Rome | ||||
